KUDUS - Former Indonesian mixed doubles coach Richard Mainaky said that the combination of seniors and juniors has often proven to be the success of Indonesia's mixed doubles in major tournaments.
This was conveyed by Richard in response to the achievements of the Indonesian mixed doubles sector which sank after Liliyana Natsir/Tontowi Ahmad retired and the departure of Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti who was degraded from the PBSI National Training Center.
This condition makes the national training mixed doubles currently filled with young players who should still be coatings, such as Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari, Adnan Maulana/Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso, and Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati.
"I just think that what I have to think about for the mixed doubles is a combination of senior-juniors. Now PBSI has decided to focus on the junior pair. And it will take quite a long time because it is still junior," said Richard on the sidelines of PB Djarum's general meeting, quoted by Antara, Sunday, October 23.
In fact, continued Richard, the mixed doubles regeneration in the past always continued from Nova Widianto/Vita Marissa, Nova Widianto/Liliyana Natsir, Flendy Limpele/Vita Marissa, Liliyana Natsir/Tontowi Ahmad, Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto, to Praveen Jordan/Melati Daeva Oktavianti.
According to Ternate's-born man, young players still need guidance and figures from his more experienced seniors. Therefore, the combination of seniors and juniors is considered the right step to finalize young players.
The combination of seniors and juniors also proved successful when Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja paired with Dejan Ferdinansyah. Since its first debut at the beginning of this year, Gloria/Dejan have collected four titles.
Don't look at Gloria, but look ahead. Dejan is still junior, but it can catch up means the mixed doubles trend must be senior and junior,"
"If they are both young, sometimes the ego comes out, feels good together, so sometimes they fight," said Richard.
The coach who helped lead Liliyana/Tontowi to win Olympic gold also understands the current condition of Indonesia's mixed doubles because young players who lack flying hours are still inhabited.
He hopes that mixed doubles coach Nova Widianto can patiently start everything from below again.
I always pair seniors with juniors so that juniors can hesitate with seniors and seniors can also guide the juniors. Once the juniors are ripe, now this is a turn. And it's really working in my opinion. Because the mixed doubles are getting more mature and mixed doubles really need maturity in everything," he said.
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